Allentown man allegedly throws stick at cop car, flips off officers

View full sizeAllentown police said a city man threw a stick at a police cruiser and then flipped off the officers inside.Express-Times File Photo

An Allentown man threw a stick at a passing city police cruiser then gave the officers the middle finger, according to court records.

After being arrested and put in a holding cell, Elkin Irizarry-Cruz took off his overalls, danced and talked to a camera inside the cell, records say.

Irizarry-Cruz, 35, of the 400 block of East Susquehanna Street, is charged with propulsion of a missile onto a roadway, disorderly conduct and public drunkeness. He was arraigned before District Judge Michael Pochron and sent to Lehigh County Prison in lieu of 10 percent of $2,500 bail.

Police said officers were driving in the 800 block of West Turner Street at about 8:40 p.m. Friday when Irizarry-Cruz threw the foot-long stick at the police cruiser. Irizarry-Cruz then stopped on the sidewalk, turned toward the cruiser and gave the officers the middle finger, records say.

When an officer asked him "What's your problem?" Irizarry-Cruz said "(Expletive) you, man," records say. Police said it appeared Irizarry-Cruz was on some kind of drug and when officers asked him what he was on, he said "Check the cameras."